Pastor Robert Jeffress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Pastor Robert Jeffress, a popular United States televangelist and author has issued a warning to his congregation arguing there might be “increasing persecution” during the Biden administration.
The 65-year-old was quoted by the Christian Post as saying Christians must “be prepared” for a possible “restrain on our ability” to teach God’s word “without consequence.”
Jeffress, who was a member of Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, purported that “unspeakable things” that were once condemned by society will be promoted by the Democratic Biden administration including “the right of people to choose their own gender and choose the gender of their children,” “the slaughter of an unborn child for any reason,” and the unbiblical “view of marriage.”
“If you’ve got the culture celebrating while the Church is condemning, you know what that produces? It produces friction,” the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas stated.
“There is going to be pressure whenever the Church condemns what society is celebrating. And I believe that’s what we’re going to see happen very, very quickly over these next four years,” he continued.
“When you’ve got an administration, a government, that is celebrating what God has condemned, and the Church condemning what they are celebrating, ladies and gentlemen, there’s going to be friction,” he repeated. “There’s going to be pressure. There’s going to be persecution.”
He said: “We need to be ready for the fact that there’s going to be pressure, governmental pressure, to restrain our ability to preach and teach the eternal truths of God’s word without consequence.”
Elsewhere, In a Fox News column, Pastor Robert Jeffress said if President Biden and Vice President Harris humble themselves and ask for God’s help, “Scripture tells us He will answer.”
“We are nearly a year into a global pandemic that rages on. We have experienced tremendous political and social unrest. Many people are hurting economically and have lost their jobs. No amount of human wisdom can solve these problems. We need to call on God,” he said.
What Biden said in his inaugural address
Biden’s inaugural address centered on the theme of “America United,” which attempted to foster a sense of unity in the United States, with slight mention of religious tolerance.
Nevertheless, some reports have indicated that his team intends to be as hard on the issue as the Trump Administration.
“I understand that many Americans view the future with some fear and trepidation…But the answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don’t look like you do, or worship the way you do, or don’t get their news from the same sources you do. We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts. If we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we’re willing to stand in the other person’s shoes, as my mom would say, just for a moment, stand in their shoes. Because here’s the thing about life: There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days when you need a hand. There are other days when we’re called to lend a hand. That’s how it has to be. That’s what we do for one another. And if we are this way, our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future. And we can still disagree,” Biden said in his address.
